A Czech court has blocked electricity firm CEZ from signing a contract worth at least $18 billion with South Korea's KHNP to build a new nuclear power plant until the court has handled a complaint from the losing bidder,

A court in the Czech Republic has blocked the government from signing a deal with South Korea’s KHNP to build at least two nuclear reactors.

Nine contracts and three memorandums of understanding have been signed between South Korean and Czech companies relating to the proposed new nuclear capacity planned at Dukovany. ;